Sunderland 1-3 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 August 2005

Result

Sunderland 1-3 Charlton Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 13 August 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 1-3 Charlton Athletic: match report

Sunderland lost to Charlton Athletic 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 August 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Andy Gray (32'). Charlton Athletic scored through Darren Bent (11'), Danny Murphy (64') and Darren Bent (90').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Charlton Athletic 13th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 1 for Charlton Athletic.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Darren BentCharlton Athletic · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · Andy GraySunderland · 1-1
  • 55'Red card · Darren AmbroseCharlton Athletic
  • 64'Goal · Danny MurphyCharlton Athletic · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Julio ArcaSunderland
  • 73'Yellow card · S. WrightSunderland
  • 90'Goal · Darren BentCharlton Athletic · 1-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 3, Charlton Athletic 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up

Stephen Wright, Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Jon Stead, Andy Gray, Kelvin Davis, Carl Robinson, Andy Welsh, Tommy Miller

Charlton Athletic line-up

Stephan Andersen, Luke Young, Danny Murphy, Darren Ambrose, Alexei Smertin, Darren Bent, Dennis Rommedahl, Hermann Hreidarsson, Chris Perry, Radostin Kishishev, Chris Powell